Prequel: Through the Crooked Forest, Part 2

Synopsis
Part 2 of the prequel series playing "In Volo's Wake" finds the d20 Dames in the Crooked Forest for their first fight! Sure. . . it's with some shrubs. . . don't take this away from them.

Combat in the Crooked Forest
The Dames find themselves face-to-face with some combative blights in the Crooked Forest. Riot Bonezerker makes the first attack with her glaive. Shortly thereafter, Kat Kruger interrupts play to note that a portion of the episode was cut due to a series of poor rolls. It picks back up with Rose Lao making an attack with her shortsword and grappling a shrub.

The Dames and the shrubs continue to face off until Nevar Moor speaks to them in Sylvan. The blights do not respond, but the small sapling they were attacking, who is later introduced as Tinus Redbud, tells the party that the blights will not let them through. At this, Rose ignites a blighted shrub with her torch and tosses the torch toward Riot to do the same. After more slashing, bashing, and fire-starting, the Dames take out the remaining Blights with a final blow from Nevar.

PCs

 * Nevar Moor played by Essie Hollman
 * Riot Bonezerker played by Jen Vaughn
 * Rose Lao played by Meris Mullaley

NPCs

 * Tinus Redbud

Visited

 * Crooked Forest



Quotes

 * "What does it need to do?" - Kat Kruger; "It needs to resist me." - Meris Mullaley (6:04)
 * "Welcome to tornado alley!" - Riot Bonezerker (9:05)
 * "It's time to get pruned!" - Nevar Moor (12:03)
 * "Y'all aren't professionals, are ya?" - Tinus Redbud (29:01)

Trivia

 * The Dames enter their first combat encounter at the beginning of this episode
 * Riot Bonezerker get her first natural 20 on an initiative roll for the opening combat encounter
 * A portion of this episode was cut due to poor rolls during combat
 * Rose Lao gets her first natural 1 while trying to flick embers at a shrub with her shortsword